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Administrative data is the term used to describe everyday data about individuals collected by government departments and agencies. Examples include exam results, benefit receipt and National Insurance payments.
Attrition is the discontinued participation of study participants in a longitudinal study. Attrition can reflect a range of factors, from the study participant not being traceable to them choosing not to take part when contacted. Attrition is problematic both because it can lead to bias in the study findings (if the attrition is higher among some groups than others) and because it reduces the size of the sample.
Body mass index is a measure used to assess if an individual is a healthy weight for their height. It is calculated by dividing the individual's weight by the square of their height, and it is typically represented in units of kg/m2.
Cohort studies are concerned with charting the lives of groups of individuals who experience the same life events within a given time period. The best known examples are birth cohort studies, which follow a group of people born in a particular period.
Complete case analysis is the term used to describe a statistical analysis that only includes participants for which we have no missing data on the variables of interest. Participants with any missing data are excluded.
Conditioning refers to the process whereby participants' answers to some questions may be influenced by their participation in the study – in other words, their responses are 'conditioned' by their being members of a longitudinal study. Examples would include study respondents answering questions differently or even behaving differently as a result of their participation in the study.
Confounding occurs where the relationship between independent and dependent variables is distorted by one or more additional, and sometimes unmeasured, variables. A confounding variable must be associated with both the independent and dependent variables but must not be an intermediate step in the relationship between the two (i.e. not on the causal pathway).
For example, we know that physical exercise (an independent variable) can reduce a person's risk of cardiovascular disease (a dependent variable). We can say that age is a confounder of that relationship as it is associated with, but not caused by, physical activity and is also associated with coronary health. See also 'unobserved heterogeneity', below.
Cross-sectional surveys involve interviewing a fresh sample of people each time they are carried out. Some cross-sectional studies are repeated regularly and can include a large number of repeat questions (questions asked on each survey round).
Data harmonisation involves retrospectively adjusting data collected by different surveys to make it possible to compare the data that was collected. This enables researchers to make comparisons both within and across studies. Repeating the same longitudinal analysis across a number of studies allows researchers to test whether results are consistent across studies, or differ in response to changing social conditions.
Data imputation is a technique for replacing missing data with an alternative estimate. There are a number of different approaches, including mean substitution and model-based multivariate approaches.
Data linkage simply means connecting two or more sources of administrative, educational, geographic, health or survey data relating to the same individual for research and statistical purposes. For example, linking housing or income data to exam results data could be used to investigate the impact of socioeconomic factors on educational outcomes.
Dummy variables, also called indicator variables, are sets of dichotomous (two-category) variables we create to enable subgroup comparisons when we are analysing a categorical variable with three or more categories.
General ability is a term used to describe cognitive ability, and is sometimes used as a proxy for intelligent quotient (IQ) scores.
Heterogeneity is a term that refers to differences, most commonly differences in characteristics between study participants or samples. It is the opposite of homogeneity, which is the term used when participants share the same characteristics. Where there are differences between study designs, this is sometimes referred to as methodological heterogeneity. Both participant or methodological differences can cause divergences between the findings of individual studies and if these are greater than chance alone, we call this statistical heterogeneity. See also: unobserved heterogeneity.
Household panel surveys collect information about the whole household at each wave of data collection, to allow individuals to be viewed in the context of their overall household. To remain representative of the population of households as a whole, studies will typically have rules governing how new entrants to the household are added to the study.
Kurtosis is sometimes described as a measure of 'tailedness'. It is a characteristic of the distribution of observations on a variable and denotes the heaviness of the distribution's tails. To put it another way, it is a measure of how thin or fat the lower and upper ends of a distribution are.
Longitudinal studies gather data about the same individuals ('study participants') repeatedly over a period of time, in some cases from birth until old age. Many longitudinal studies focus upon individuals, but some look at whole households or organisations.
Non-response bias is a type of bias introduced when those who participate in a study differ to those who do not in a way that is not random (for example, if attrition rates are particularly high among certain sub-groups). Non-random attrition over time can mean that the sample no longer remains representative of the original population being studied. Two approaches are typically adopted to deal with this type of missing data: weighting survey responses to re-balance the sample, and imputing values for the missing information.
Observational studies focus on observing the characteristics of a particular sample without attempting to influence any aspects of the participants' lives. They can be contrasted with experimental studies, which apply a specific 'treatment' to some participants in order to understand its effect.
Panel studies follow the same individuals over time. They vary considerably in scope and scale. Examples include online opinion panels and short-term studies whereby people are followed up once or twice after an initial interview.
A percentile is a measure that allows us to explore the distribution of data on a variable. It denotes the percentage of individuals or observations that fall below a specified value on a variable. The value that splits the number of observations evenly, i.e. 50% of the observations on a variable fall below this value and 50% above, is called the 50th percentile or more commonly, the median.
In prospective studies, individuals are followed over time and data about them is collected as their characteristics or circumstances change.
Recall error or bias describes the errors that can occur when study participants are asked to recall events or experiences from the past. It can take a number of forms – participants might completely forget something happened, or misremember aspects of it, such as when it happened, how long it lasted, or other details. Certain questions are more susceptible to recall bias than others. For example, it is usually easy for a person to accurately recall the date they got married, but it is much harder to accurately recall how much they earned in a particular job, or how their mood at a particular time.
Record linkage studies involve linking together administrative records (for example, benefit receipts or census records) for the same individuals over time.
A reference group is a category on a categorical variable to which we compare other values. It is a term that is commonly used in the context of regression analyses in which categorical variables are being modelled.
Residuals are the difference between your observed values (the constant and predictors in the model) and expected values (the error), i.e. the distance of the actual value from the estimated value on the regression line.
Respondent burden is a catch all phrase that describes the perceived burden faced by participants as a result of their being involved in a study. It could include time spent taking part in the interview and inconvenience this may cause, as well as any difficulties faced as a result of the content of the interview.
In retrospective studies, individuals are sampled and information is collected about their past. This might be through interviews in which participants are asked to recall important events, or by identifying relevant administrative data to fill in information on past events and circumstances.
Sample is a subset of a population that is used to represent the population as a whole. This reflects the fact that it is often not practical or necessary to survey every member of a particular population. In the case of birth cohort studies, the larger 'population' from which the sample is drawn comprises those born in a particular period. In the case of a household panel study like Understanding Society, the larger population from which the sample was drawn comprised all residential addresses in the UK.
A sampling frame is a list of the target population from which potential study participants can be selected.
Skewness is the measure of how assymetrical the distribution of observations are on a variable. If the distribution has a more pronounced/longer tail at the upper end of the distribution (right-hand side), we say that the distribution is negatively skewed. If it is more pronounced/longer at the lower end (left-hand side), we say that it is positively skewed.
Study participants are the individuals who are interviewed as part of a longitudinal study.
Survey weights can be used to adjust a survey sample so it is representative of the survey population as a whole. They may be used to reduce the impact of attrition on the sample, or to correct for certain groups being over-sampled.
The term used to refer to a round of data collection in a particular longitudinal study (for example, the age 7 sweep of the National Child Development Study refers to the data collection that took place in 1965 when the participants were aged 7). Note that the term wave often has the same meaning.
The population of people that the study team wants to research, and from which a sample will be drawn.
Tracing (or tracking) describes the process by which study teams attempt to locate participants who have moved from the address at which they were last interviewed.
Unobserved heterogeneity is a term that describes the existence of unmeasured (unobserved) differences between study participants or samples that are associated with the (observed) variables of interest. The existence of unobserved variables means that statistical findings based on the observed data may be incorrect.
Variables is the term that tends to be used to describe data items within a dataset. So, for example, a questionnaire might collect information about a participant's job (its title, whether it involves any supervision, the type of organisation they work for and so on). This information would then be coded using a code-frame and the results made available in the dataset in the form of a variable about occupation. In data analysis variables can be described as 'dependent' and 'independent', with the dependent variable being a particular outcome of interest (for example, high attainment at school) and the independent variables being the variables that might have a bearing on this outcome (for example, parental education, gender and so on).
The term used to refer to a round of data collection in a particular longitudinal study (for example, the age 7 wave of the National Child Development Study refers to the data collection that took place in 1965 when the participants were aged 7). Note that the term sweep often has the same meaning.
Longitudinal studies track the same people throughout their lives, helping us understand how life in the UK is changing. In this module, you will learn the basics of longitudinal research – what the studies are, how they work, who they follow, and why we need them.
A longitudinal study is a observational study that follows the same subjects repeatedly over a period of time, in some cases from birth to death. The UK is home to the largest and longest-running collection of longitudinal studies in the world.
There are a range of different types of longitudinal studies: cohort studies, panel studies, record linkage studies. These studies may be either prospective or retrospective in nature.
Each time the studies collect new information about their participants' lives, they are adding rich new data to what is already known about them.
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It seems that while the rest of the world has been sleeping, secretive Canadian technologists have managed to apply Dancing Flower Pot technology to large highway signs.
This wildly jammin' highway sign is on the Deerfoot Trail freeway section of Highway 2 near Calgary. I especially like how drivers are hitting their brakes right as they see it, because who the hell wants to drive under that? Actually, that prudence is warranted, as at the end of the video, half the sign plummets to the ground.
Some claim weird, violent weather is to blame, but my practiced eye can spot a robot highway sign jamming to some tunes (possibly culled from passing cars' iPhones?) a mile away.
First dancing highway signs, then highway signs that jump, and next thing you know, the world is Canada's slave, as their army of highway signs threatens to dance us all into submission.
God help us all.
(Hat tip to Steve!)


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Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I've found.
New-to-Me Blogs
- I'm Related to Whom?!, Mary
- Raking Through the Leaves, Jenny Jones (I just love the title!)
- The Road Backward, Karen
Online Articles/Posts
- MUST-READ Social Security Administration Extends FOIA Restriction to 100 Years, Megan Smolenyak
- Why I Want to Remain an Amateur, Greta Koehl
- Times Change, Daniel Hubbard
- Defining Research, Part Two: The Internet vs. Research Skill, Jennifer
- Self Publishing Your Genealogy Work: My Experience, Amy Coffin
Print Articles
- "From Books to Battle: Charles Hovey Put Illinois State in the Civil War Annals," Illinois State, November 2011. You can read the article online here.
- "Case Study: Finding a Daughter for Amy," Myra Vanderpool Gromley, NGS Magazine, January/February 2007.
- "Case Study: Finding Parents for Harry," Helen Shaw, NGS Magazine, January/February 2007.


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Bends. 2013. Hong Kong. Written and directed by Flora Lau. In Cantonese, Mandarin; English subtitles. 97 min.
With Carina Lau, Chen Kun, Tian Yuan. Flora Lau's classical drama, which debuted in the Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard section, is a two-character piece in which each personifies the differences between Hong Kong and mainland China, and their somewhat uneasy co-existence. A wealthy Hong Kong housewife, Anna, lives a spoiled, bored life. When her husband suddenly leaves, taking the money and prestige with him, she refuses to accept her changed circumstances. Her chauffeur, Fai, who lives in an ugly barrack across the border in Shenzhen, is trying to get his wife—whose second pregnancy is a violation of the Chinese one-child policy—over the border so she can give birth in Hong Kong. With beautiful camera work by the incomparable Christopher Doyle, the film's elegant look and languorous rhythms create an affecting reflection of the characters' emotional isolation. As they become increasingly desperate, the sharp distinctions between their two worlds become ever clearer.


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By Morning Sun Sports Following the conclusion of the NFL Draft, two more Central Michigan University football players found homes with NFL teams as wide receiver Cody Wilson signed with the Detroit Lions and Jahleel Addae inked a free agent deal with the San Diego Chargers.
Wilson was a third team All-MAC selection as a senior with the Chippewas, the third time he has been on an All-MAC team. He ranks third in Central Michigan history in receptions with 230 and fifth in CMU's record books in receiving yards with 2,729. Wilson caught a pass in his last 42 games as a Chippewas, tied for the second-longest streak in the NCAA.
In 13 games, Wilson caught 74 passes for 840 yards and three touchdowns as a senior.
Addae, who had talked to at least 13 NFL teams prior to the draft and was thought of as a possible late round selection, was a second team ALL-MAC selection in 2012. He was a first team All-MAC performer in 2011 and third team in '10.
As the leader of the CMU defense, Addae was third on the team with 89 tackles this past year and had four interceptions along with two sacks.


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(Yes, I've put off writing this conclusion because there really isn't a perfect little ending.)
Hi. My name is Sarah and I take 20mg of Celexa a day. For postpartum depression.
So how old is my baby, you ask?
Oh, he's almost 5...
You see, looking back, and knowing what I know now, I certainly could have used the benefits of an SSRI after colicky Middle was born. Instead, I just "toughed it out" and figured it was "normal" to feel the way I was feeling. Anxious. Frustrated. On edge. Unable to soothe my constantly crying newborn.
And then boom, I
So it was for the best that I wasn't taking an antidepressant at that time. Everything happens for a reason, right?
But now, sometimes when I open the cabinet in the morning to take my multivitamin and my Happy Pill, I think to myself, "I should stop taking this" (and I'm not talking about the multivitamin).
I don't really have a good reason for wanting to stop. Part of me thinks I *should* be able to handle my chaotic life without it, so the fact that I take it makes me feel weak. And still, there's the stigma. (Or is this just in my head? Do YOU think there's a stigma attached to women who take antidepressants?)
I sorta think I NEED it. It's kinda scary, actually. Certainly, I have to think that my genetics play some part in this.
So, to sound all cliche and trite, I'm kinda stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Thankfully, though, I am currently under the care of a wonderful certified nurse midwife. When I saw her in January and spoke to her about possibly wanting to ease myself off it, she shrugged and said, "If that's what you want...but why?"
Why wouldn't I take something that makes me feel better? Why wouldn't I take something that HELPS?
It's not like taking it numbs me - not at all! Just more....even keeled.
I know I can't quit cold turkey though. I've tried. Everything will be fine for about 3-5 days and then all of a sudden it literally feels like a black cloud is hanging over my head. And I'm angry. Pissed. Yet sad. For no apparent reason.
The best way to do it is to wean yourself off it. I've tried this as well (without medical supervision though). But then when all of a sudden I find myself WEEPING COPIOUSLY because Hubby bought the wrong amount of steak tips and I can't figure out how to adjust my recipe accordingly, I realize it's probably time to take a full dose again.
And then there's the whole weight issue.
I have been told that taking an antidepressant doesn't necessarily make you gain weight, but it does make it harder to lose weight. So there's that. But I can't use that as an excuse, I know. It just means I have to work harder to lose those stubborn
So that's where I am today. There's just no easy answer. But for now, I am continuing to take my Happy Pill. And am working on not being so hard on myself. Because I'm lucky. And blessed. Life is good.


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Artists: Rosanna Roces, Richard Gomez, John Estrada, Efren Reyes
Babae Sa Bintana contemplates the likehood of a world where the city ceases to be a symbol of progress, and becomes a mere showcase of lives ruined by modernity's failures.
Suffering severely from depression after being left by his wife, Mitch (Gomez) finds momentary distraction with the woman who just moved into the house infront of his--- Jack (Roces). Her beauty is one thing that saves Mitch from hopelessness and desperation, but is also the very thing that unconsciously pushes him into the dangerous and inexplicable underworld of Manila.
Their precarious affair turns into perilous conflict, brought about by their descent into the dark, decaying streets of the capital city, where corruption and organized crime prevail.
Only narrow alley separates and their encounter signifies the clash of the two different worlds they represent.
A suspense-mystery unfolds, as well as a political commentary on the lives of a people trying to find the means to negotiate between poverty and the unfulfilled promises of prosperity.
Directed by Chito Rono.


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Sutton is rightly hailed as London Liberal Democrats' flagship council but of course the borough was put on the map politically some years before the (then) Liberal-SDP Alliance actually won control (on the Mayor's casting vote). Indeed, 40 years ago the parliamentary constituency of Sutton and Cheam hit the headlines when young Graham Tope — at that time characterised by his cruel glasses and wicked sideburns — seized the seat from the Tories in a by-election on at 32.6% swing. I was in my final year at university at the time but remember the subsequent Liberal euphoria well. As was rightly recognised at a 40th anniversary buffet dinner at the Sutton Life Centre last evening, the Sutton & Cheam by-election was the first time Trevor Jones from Liverpool put into practice his concept of community politics — which meant pounding the streets to identify local issues and then trumpeting them in regular Focus leaflets — including the scary example illustrated here. Focuses are such old hat these days that it's hard to imagine the huge impact this technique had. The Conservatives didn't know what had hit them and Graham became not just a local celebrity but a national one too. Alas he was unable to hold the seat in the February 1974 general election, but he went on to become Leader of Sutton Council, a Member of theHouse of Lords, a London Assembly member and one of the Liberal Democrat representatives on the EU's Committee of the Regions, at one time simultaneously. Apparently he can, like Margaret Thatcher, get by on very little sleep — though there the similarities end. Anyway, it was a splendid occasion last night, free of pomp but full of good humour and enlivened with tributes to Graham from a variety of people who have served with him in various guises, including Lynne Featherstone MP, (Baroness) Sally Hamwee, (Baroness) Sarah Ludford MEP and former Sutton Council leader Sean Brennan. There was even some audio-visual entertainment, including a replay of the 1974 election night TV coverage, which included a nice potted portrait of the man.
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I.R.C. § 5203(a) Keeping Premises Accessible —
Every proprietor of a distilled spirits plant shall furnish the Secretary such keys as may be required for internal revenue officers to gain access to the premises and any structures thereon, and such premises shall always be kept accessible to any officer having such keys.
I.R.C. § 5203(b) Right Of Entry And Examination —
It shall be lawful for any internal revenue officer at all times, as well by night as by day, to enter any distilled spirits plant, or any other premises where distilled spirits operations are carried on, or structure or place used in connection therewith for storage or other purposes; to make examination of the materials, equipment, and facilities thereon; and make such gauges and inventories as he deems necessary. Whenever any officer, having demanded admittance, and having declared his name and office, is not admitted into such premises by the proprietor or other person having charge thereof, it shall be lawful for such officer, at all times, as well by night as by day, to use such force as is necessary for him to gain entry to such premises.
I.R.C. § 5203(c) Furnishing Facilities And Assistance —
On the demand of any internal revenue officer or agent, every proprietor of a distilled spirits plant shall furnish the necessary facilities and assistance to enable the officer or agent to gauge the spirits in any container or to examine any apparatus, equipment, containers, or materials on such premises. Such proprietor shall also, on demand of such officer or agent, open all doors, and open for examination all boxes, packages, and all casks, barrels, and other vessels on such premises.
I.R.C. § 5203(d) Authority To Break Up Grounds Or Walls —
It shall be lawful for any internal revenue officer, and any person acting in his aid, to break up the ground on any part of a distilled spirits plant or any other premises where distilled spirits operations are carried on, or any ground adjoining or near to such plant or premises, or any wall or partition thereof, or belonging thereto, or other place, to search for any pipe, cock, private conveyance, or utensil; and, upon finding any such pipe or conveyance leading therefrom or thereto, to break up any ground, house, wall, or other place through or into which such pipe or other conveyance leads, and to break or cut away such pipe or other conveyance, and turn any cock, or to examine whether such pipe or other conveyance conveys or conceals any distilled spirits, mash, wort, or beer, or other liquor, from the sight or view of the officer, so as to prevent or hinder him from taking a true account thereof.
I.R.C. § 5203(e) Penalty —
For penalty for violation of this section, see section 5687.
(Added by Pub. L. 85-859, title II, 201, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1357, and amended by Pub. L. 94-455, title XIX, 1906(b)(13)(A), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1834; Pub. L. 96-39, title VIII, 807(a)(22), July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 283.)
1979--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-39, 807(a)(22)(A), substituted "where distilled spirits operations are carried on" for "where distilled spirits are produced or rectified".
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96-39, 807(a)(22)(B), substituted "on such premises" for "not under the control of the internal revenue officer in charge".
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96-39, 807(a)(22)(C), substituted "where distilled spirits operations are carried on" for "where distilled spirits are produced or rectified".
1976--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94-455 struck out "or his delegate" after "Secretary".
Amendments by Pub. L. 96-39 effective Jan. 1, 1980, see section 810 of Pub. L. 96-39, set out as a note under section 5001 of this title.
Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in prior sections of act Aug. 16, 1954, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 85-859, as follows:
Present subsecs.: Prior sections (a) .................. 5196(a). (b) .................. 5196(b), (e). (c) .................. 5196(c), (e), 5283, 5615. (d) .................. 5196(d), 5283. (e) .................. 5615, 5687.
The prior sections, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, are set out in 68A Stat. 636, 652, 686, 700.


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I would like to get the SM 2 rules to the SE board people and need the linky. Thanks,MM
I would like to get the SM 2 rules to the SE board people and need the linky. Thanks,MM
it is a one line rule set
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Thanks Dick .
Have you had any SSM success?
SSM seems past it's prime up here. it was created in response to the first SM national rule set which allowed more modification that the local rules. car counts have diminished here.
WDC region I think went to a sealed motor rule locally for SSM and that may have given them different results.
SM2 is just about people feeling that they can not compete in SM without a 99
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SSM is extremely popular in WDCR.
A friend of mine has an SSM car in the N.E. and hasn't been too motivated to race due to the very low car counts.
Dave Gran
Real Roads, Real Car Guys Real World Road Tests
Go Ahead - Take the Wheel's Free Guide to Racing
Due to the lack of competitiveness, The southern 1.6 cars are going Chumpin. as they are worth about 5000$. I would like them to play a little more with SCCA.
Maybe SM 2 would help.
SSM is freaking huge in WDCR. 40 car fields are the norm, not the exception. It gives all the owners of 1.6 cars a place to go play. I've truly enjoyed the last five years I've spent playing in that particular sandbox. That being said, now that I dun blowed up the motor I'm investigating the possibility of a 1.8 ITA swap just to expand the list of places where I can play with a reasonable shot at being competitive.
Hero To The Momentum Challenged
Ohhhh! Do it!! Then bring that car up to LRP, Thompson and the Glen.
Outside of WDCR, the advantage I see of going the SM2 route vs SSM is the SM2 is really an SM car. The benefit of that is future sales amount that can be received, and regardless of what people say, it can be a competitive car in SM especially on certain tracks (assuming similar build prep and driver talent).
Dave Gran
Real Roads, Real Car Guys Real World Road Tests
Go Ahead - Take the Wheel's Free Guide to Racing
Considering what happened the last time I ran there, I'm not in any rush to be going back to LRP.
Hero To The Momentum Challenged
Rob, that did buff out, right?
Hell yes. Ran the car two weeks later at Summit with EMRA to renew my race license. Still racing that car - it's in my avatar. Props to zchris who did the cage.
Hero To The Momentum Challenged
Jason, funny.
Rob, surely you aren't blaming the TRACk for that, are you??? SOME of us have lots of miles and our roofs are unscathed...
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CarriageHouse Motorsports
for sale: 2003 Audi A4 Quattro, clean, serviced, dark green, auto, sunroof, tan leather with 75K miles.
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Oh no, I'm not blaming that on the track at all. Just a combination of trying to get down the hill without lifting and a outer tierod failure. Simultaneously. However, this did teach me A Important Racing Lesson, to wit: if you're going to do something Truly Stoopid, do it directly in front of your wife. It simplifies the explanation process that way. There's no "Honey, about the racecar..." telephone call.
But since I've never been a fan of LRP it makes it easier to avoid the place. Convenient excuses and all that.
And yes, GTF, the hair fits.
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File encryption is your best bet if you want to keep The Man, foreign spies or your annoying roommates out of your files. Here's a look at five of the most popular encryption tools Lifehacker readers use to lock down their files.
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GNU Privacy Guard (Windows/Mac/Linux, Free)
GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) is an open-source implementation of the the famed Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) encryption tool – you can read the very interesting history of PGP and how GnuPG came to be here. GnuPG is a volume and individual file encryption tool with support for a dozen encryption schemes, paired keys, and expiring signatures. GnuPG doesn't only provide rock-solid local file encryption; it is, thanks to paired encryption and public key servers, a great tool for encrypted communication. Please note, regular old GnuPG is a command line tool. Check out the list of graphical wrappers and application plugins for various operating systems here. The screenshot above is from Cryptophane, a graphical Windows interface for GnuPG.
Disk Utility (Mac, Free)
Disk Utility is a diverse tool that handles almost any disk-related tasks you'd need on OS X. The utility is capable of creating secure disk images and file volumes encrypted with AES 128-bit or 256-bit encryption. Like most native Mac utilities and applications, Disk Utility and the accompanying encryption blends seamlessly into the OS X experience and makes mounting and unmounting encrypted volumes a breeze. If you've never created an encrypted disk using Disk Utility before, take a look at our previous guide.
TrueCrypt (Windows/Mac/Linux, Free)
TrueCrypt is a free, powerful and on-the-fly disk encryption tool. With TrueCrypt, you can create secure encrypted virtual disks or even encrypt entire drives. TrueCrypt is an on-the-fly encryption tool, meaning files are decrypted as you access them and modify them and then encrypted when not in use. Thanks to various optimisation tricks and full utilisation of the power of modern processors, working within a TrueCrypt volume feels no different than working on a regular unsecured disk. TrueCrypt not only offers strong and transparent encryption – it also offers the ability to create hidden volumes within encrypted volumes for even more secure (and obscured) file protection.
7-zip (Windows, Free)
Compared to some of the heavyweights in this Hive Five (like GnuPG and TrueCrypt), it might be easy to dismiss the popular file compression tool 7-zip as a lightweight. 7-zip fills a perfect niche for many people, however, by offering simple ZIP container-based encryption. If you're not interested in encrypting a ton of files or maintaining an entire encrypted volume, but you still want to make sure important documents like tax returns are locked up tight, 7-zip sports strong AES-256 encryption. Create a new compressed archive, throw your files in it, and slap a password on. Your files are strongly encrypted and stored right alongside your regular documents.
AxCrypt (Windows, Free)
AxCrypt is a free encryption tool for Windows. Once installed it integrates with the Windows shell and offers simple right-click encryption and decryption of files with AES-256 encryption. Your entire interaction with AxCrypt can take place exclusively from the right-click context menu. In addition to integrating with Windows and offering easy encryption and decryption, you can also use the tool to create self-extracting archives to securely transport files or transfer them to a friend – no AxCrypt installation necessary at the other end.
If you've got experience with any of these tools, let's hear more about what makes it your tool-of-choice in the comments.
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SANFORD, Fla. — President Barack Obama called for calm on Sunday after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, saying his death was a tragedy and that the country should seek ways to stem gun violence.
Cleared by a Florida jury late on Saturday, Zimmerman walked free from criminal charges in the shooting death of Martin, but still faces public outrage, a possible civil suit and demands for a federal investigation.
The six women jurors who deliberated for 16 hours over two days found Zimmerman not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter in a case that has polarized the U.S. public. Zimmerman said he acted in self-defense while civil rights activists said the shooting was racially motivated.
"We are a nation of laws and a jury has spoken," Obama, the first black U.S. president, said in a statement. "I now ask every American to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their young son."
Obama, who last year said that "if I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon," added that he was aware the Florida case has elicited strong feelings. "And in the wake of the verdict, I know those passions may be running even higher," he said.
The president urged Americans to broaden "the circle of understanding and compassion" in their communities and put some of the emotion the case has aroused into curtailing gun violence.
"We should ask ourselves if we're doing all we can to stem the tide of gun violence that claims too many lives across this country on a daily basis," he said. "We should ask ourselves, as individuals and as a society, how we can prevent future tragedies like this."
"That's the way to honor Trayvon Martin," he added.
Critics contend Zimmerman wrongly suspected 17-year-old Martin of being a criminal because he was black, making it civil rights issue, while gun rights supporters saw Zimmerman as a persecuted hero who was exercising his right to bear arms assured by the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment.
Zimmerman's lawyers argued he acted in self-defense the night of February 26, 2012, when he and Martin met inside a gated community in the central Florida town of Sanford. They accuse civil rights advocates of wrongly injecting the issue of race.
"It was such a shame. The whole case nearly destroyed George from Day One. … That they put a racism spin on this prosecution just hurt him very deeply," said John Donnelly, a close friend of Zimmerman who testified in the trial.
In Sanford, Valarie Houston, pastor of the Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church, dedicated a Sunday morning prayer service to Martin.
"I am hurt. I am sad. I am disappointed and my heart is overwhelmed with pains," Houston said. "I thought in my heart that justice would be served."
Civil rights leaders including Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and Benjamin Jealous, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), urged the Justice Department to pursue federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman.
Jealous said Martin's family may bring a civil suit against Zimmerman but said federal criminal charges must be filed because evidence suggests race was a factor in the case.
He told CNN the black community is upset with a situation in which "our young people have to fear the bad guys and the good guys. The robbers and the cops and the self-appointed community watch volunteer who think that they're keeping folks safer."
Sharpton, who called the verdict "a slap in the face to the American people," cited the example of Rodney King, the man whose videotaped beating by Los Angeles police triggered rioting two decades ago after a state criminal trial found the police officers not guilty. Later, the Justice Department brought a federal case that resulted in the conviction of two officers.
The Justice Department has not commented on the case.
Zimmerman, 29, who is white and Hispanic, spotted Martin from his car and called police, believing Martin to be suspicious. The teenager, who was staying in the neighborhood at the home of his father's fiancee, was walking back from a convenience store where he bought candy and a soft drink.
Minutes later, after Zimmerman got out of his car, the two engaged in a fight that left Zimmerman with a bloody nose and head injuries. The encounter ended when Zimmerman shot Martin once through the heart with a 9mm pistol.
Prosecutors had to prove that Zimmerman committed a crime in pursuing and killing Martin and that he did not act in self-defense.
The tense drama that had been building for 16 months climaxed with a court clerk's late-night reading of the "not guilty" verdict. Zimmerman showed no emotion at first, but later broke into a smile after sitting down.
The jurors were sequestered during the three weeks of testimony and remained anonymous by court order. They declined to speak with reporters.
The court unshackled Zimmerman from a monitoring device he had been wearing while on bail. He previously only left home in a disguise and body armor, his lawyer said. His brother said he would remain out of public view for some time.
The acquittal will weaken any wrongful death civil lawsuit that Martin's family might bring, and Zimmerman's lead defense lawyer, Mark O'Mara, predicted Zimmerman would win immunity from a civil suit.
Demonstrators continued outside the Seminole County Courthouse where the trial was held chanted "No justice, no peace" before and after the verdict. Protests broke out in some U.S. cities including Oakland and Washington. The activist group Act Now to Stop War and End Racism called demonstrations on Sunday in New York, Boston, San Francisco and other cities.


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If you wander by the personal finance section at your local bookstore, one of the first things you'll notice is that a lot of books use the word "Rich" in the title. Rich Dad, Poor Dad. How to Get Rich.Smart Couples Finish Rich. I Will Teach You to Be Rich. Heck, one of the most popular personal finance blogs out there is named Get Rich Slowly.
Rich. What does it even mean?
I've said before that
my idea of richness is merely financial independence and a full life. I truly don't want to have mountains of money – if I did find some way to earn a lot of money, I'd likely give most of it away once I've established long-term financial independence for my immediate family. (Trust me, writing isn't it unless you're Dan Brown or Stephen King.)
But I've put a lot of thought into that question. What does it mean for people who are simply trying to make ends meet?
I asked a big handful of people on Facebook this very question. "How much money does it take to be rich? What would you do with that much money if someone just handed it to you?"
Most of the responses were very consistent with each other.
The amount of money it takes to be "rich" usually equals somewhere around one hundred times what a person has made in the last year (at least, based on what I could estimate that people make). So, someone that makes $20,000 a year would say that two million would make them rich. Someone making $100,000 a year would answer that ten million would make them rich.
What was interesting is the consistency in how they would spend it. Almost all of them mentioned buying material things. Out of the twenty people I asked, only two of them mentioned investing the money at all, although quite a few did mention paying off all of their existing debt. There were lots of mentions of ridiculously expensive cars and several mentions of new houses. A few people said they would quit their jobs.
Mostly, though, they would just spend their riches on a higher grade of the same stuff they already have. They'd buy a better car and a better television and a better house.
Obviously, many of the people I wrote to are perfectly happy with their lives and upgrading material elements of that life would just put icing on the cake.
But if you're not happy with some aspect of your life, simply doing more of the same thing won't help. You've got to do something different, and that often means completely changing the routine of your life.
If you're happy with what you have in life, more money is just icing on the cake – a means to secure what you have and buff up certain parts of it.
If you're unhappy with what you have in life, more money to buy more of the same stuff won't help at all. Money helps in that it buys you the freedom to make the changes you want.
Having the money to buy that nice item you're dreaming about won't bring you happiness. Either you're already happy with your life or you're not. Money can, however, put a bit of sugar on the cookie if you're already happy and allow you to find a new path if you're not.
In the end, being rich has nothing to do with money. It has to do with being happy with what you have and not desiring more. Being rich is having enough. Some people working minimum wage jobs are rich and some people with millions in the bank are not.


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Mr. Brion E. Rhodes, P.E., P.S.1501 N. Sugar StreetLima, Ohio 45801-3136Phone number: 419-228-3196Allen County Engineer's Website
Mr. Warren Schlatter, P.E., P.S.500 Second StreetCourthouse AnnexDefiance, Ohio 43512Phone number: 419-782-4751Defiance County Engineer's Website
Mr. Douglas Cade, P.E., P.S.1900 Lima AvenueP.O. Box 828Findlay, Ohio 45839-0828Phone number: 419-422-7433Hancock County Engineer's Website
Mr. Michael L. Smith, P.E., P.S.13177 CR 130Kenton, Ohio 43326-9401Phone number: 419-674-2222Hardin County Website
Mr. Travis R. McGarvey, P.E., P.S.115 N. Williams StreetPaulding, Ohio 45879Phone number: 419-399-2366Paulding County Engineer's Website
Mr. Michael L. Lenhart, P.E., P.S.245 E. Main Street, Suite 205Ottawa, Ohio 45875Phone number: 419-523-6931Putnam County Engineer's Website
Mr. Kyle Wendel, P.E., P.S.1192 Grill RoadVan Wert, Ohio 45891Phone number: 419-238-0210Van Wert County Engineer's Website
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Mr. Michael B. Kohl, P.E., P.S.350 North Warpole StreetUpper Sandusky, Ohio 43351Phone number: 419-294-2330Wyandot County Engineer's website
Web page addresses for the County Engineers offices are given on this page. For information on other local Internet sites in the ODOT District One area go to our "Local Websites" page.
Links to websites of County Engineers offices around Ohio are on the Internet site of the County Engineer's Association of Ohio.
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Hexagon Bead Necklace in Sophia
Our signature colour hexagon necklaces are no longer just available at our popups! Choose from 6 different colourways to find one that best suits your dressing and personality. All necklaces consists of 5 coloured wooden beads on a natural tanned leather cord. The necklace is adjustable and can be worn at varying lengths to achieve different looks.
Prefer a different combination or saw a colourway you liked on instagram or at our popups? Email us at hello(at)operationoverhaul.com to request for your own!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
1. Will the colour on the beads transfer onto my clothes, especially if I'm wearing white?
Nope! The colour on the beads are water resistant and will not transfer onto fabrics.
2. Will the string snap or will the colour change?
The cords used in this necklace are all made from genuine leather and are of the natural tan variant. After time, we've noticed that the cords gradually developed a darker, and glossier patina due to the characteristic of leather reacting to our body's natural oils and sweat. However, this does not affect the integrity of the necklace at all and will not snap easily.
3. Are these all the colours available?
There are six standard colourways which are listed on our online store. You will be able to find other (mostly) one-off and spontaneous colourways during our pop-up events. Alternatively, if you see a color you like on our social media or on someone else, send us a photo and we can customise one just for you!


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This is the final installment in the 12 day series for SQL tidbits during this holiday season.
Previous articles in this mini-series on quick tidbits:
- SQL Sat LV announcement
- Burning Time
- Reviewing Peers
- Broken Broker
- Peer Identity
- Lost in Space
- Command 'n Conquer
- Ring in The New
- Queries Going Boom
- Retention of XE Session Data in a Table
- Purging syspolicy
Working with replication quite a bit with some clients you might run across some particularly puzzling problems. This story should shed some light on one particularly puzzling issue I have seen on more than one occasion.
In working with a multi-site replication and multi-package replication topology, the cpu was constantly running above 90% utilization and there seemed to be a general slowness even in Windows operations.
Digging into the server took some time to find what might have been causing the slowness and high CPU. Doing an overall server health check helped point in a general direction.
Some clues from the general health check were as follows.
- distribution database over 20GB. This may not have been a necessarily bad thing but the databases between all the publications weren't that big.
- distribution cleanup job taking more than 5 minutes to complete. Had the job been cleaning up records, this might not have been an indicator. In this case, 0 records were cleaned up on each run.
The root cause seemed to be pointing to a replication mis-configuration. The mis-configuration could have been anywhere from the distribution agent to an individual publication. Generally, it seems that the real problem is more on a configuration of an individual publication more than any other setting.
When these conditions are met, it would be a good idea to check the publication properties for each publication. Dive into the distribution database and try to find if any single publication is the root cause and potentially is retaining more replication commands than any other publication. You can use sp_helppublication to check the publication settings for each publication. You can check MSrepl_commands in the distribution database to find a correlation of commands retained to publication.
Once having checked all of this information, it's time to put a fix in place. It is also time to do a little research before actually applying this fix. Why? Well, because you will want to make sure this is an appropriate change for your environment. For instance, you may not want to try this for a peer-to-peer topology. In part because one of the settings can't be changed in a peer-to-peer topology. I leave that challenge to you to discover in a testing environment.
The settings that can help are as follows.
[codesyntax lang="tsql"]
EXEC sp_changepublication
@publication = 'somepub', -- put your publication name here
@property = 'allow_anonymous',
@value = 'false'
EXEC sp_changepublication
@publication = 'somepub', -- put your publication name here
@property = 'immediate_sync',
@value = 'false'
These settings can have a profound effect on the distribution retention, the cleanup process and your overall CPU consumption. Please test and research before implementing these changes.
Besides the potential benefits just described, there are other benefits to changing these commands. For instance, changing replication articles can become less burdensome by disabling these settings. The disabling of these settings can help reduce the snapshot load and allow a single article to be snapped to the subscribers instead of the entire publication.


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On May 31st, The Human Rights Observatory (Observatorio de Derechos Humanos) of the University Diego Portales released a list of military and police officials serving prison sentences for human rights abuses in Chile committed during General Pinochet's dictatorship.The list includes name and rank of those convicted, names of victims, length of prison sentences, and locations of the prisons.
Individuals Serving or Having Completed Prison Sentences for Human Rights Violations 1973-1990 (in Spanish)
Branch and Armed Forces Rank of Perpetrators Currently in Prison: Chile (in English)
Descriptive statistics and graphs compiled from the list of convictions.
Human Rights Observatory (Observatorio de Derechos Humanos) Website


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|#23 Kyle Schuberth
DOYLESTOWN (PA) – Senior quarterback E.J. Schneider threw for 232 yards and three touchdowns while fellow senior Frank Strumolo rushed for 156 yards and two scores as Franklin & Marshall College captured the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Southeast Bowl with a 38-14 victory at Delaware Valley College.
Both teams ended its 2013 seasons with 7-4 records. For the Diplomats, it was their fifth overall ECAC title and their first since 2009.
Schneider was named the Most Outstanding Player of the ECAC Southeast Bowl as his final collegiate game saw him complete 22 of 25 passes and scoring tosses of 67, 29 and seven yards. He also rushed for 67 yards on 12 carries.
Meanwhile, Strumolo netted his yardage on 33 carries and he had touchdown runs of 15 and eight yards.The Diplomat offense dominated the contest by gaining 456 yards (224 rushing, 232 passing), notching 27 first downs and holding the ball for more than 42 minutes (42:03). They also scored on six of their first seven possessions.
F&M took the opening kickoff and went 71 yards on 13 plays as it took more than eight minutes off the clock. The Diplomats converted a fourth-and-one early in the drive and finished it off when Strumolo, who had 39 yards on the possession, found the end zone from 15 yards out. Connor Ryan added the extra-point for the 7-0 lead.
Delaware Valley went three-and-out and F&M went on another long scoring drive, this time a 10-play, 57-yard that used up nearly six minutes. The drive ended on the first play of the second quarter when Strumolo bulled his way over an Aggie defender for an eight-yard touchdown run and a 14-0 advantage.
Delaware Valley quickly moved deep into Diplomat territory, but stalled at the eight-yard line and Brandon Snyder's 30-yard field goal attempt sailed wide right. The Aggies got the ball back at the F&M 39 just five plays later as Danny Wynne forced a fumble and Brian Carter recovered.
However, Delaware Valley turned the ball back over to the Diplomats when Brian Velasco intercepted an Aaron Wilmer pass. On the very next play, Schneider went deep to a wide-open Paul Koehler for a 67-yard touchdown pass and a 21-0 F&M lead with 6:01remaining in the half.
The Diplomats added to their lead in the closing seconds of the stanza as their eight-play, 88-yard scoring drive culminated with a 29-yard scoring pass from Schneider to Jack Gallagher with just 13 second left.
Schneider tossed his third touchdown pass of the game on the team's first possession of the second half when he found Tim Muller from seven yards out. The Aggies got on the board on the first play of the ensuing possession as senior tailback Kyle Schuberth raced to a 61-yard touchdown with 7:43 left in the third.
Ryan added a 28-yard field goal on the last play of the third quarter for the F&M while Schuberth ended the scoring and his standout career with a four-yard touchdown run with 48 seconds left for the 38-14 final.
Schuberth carried the ball 12 times for 96 yards and the two touchdowns. The three-time all-Middle Atlantic Conference honoree finished the year 1,336 yards and 16 touchdowns and placed second on the school's single-season list in both categories despite missing the first two games of the year with an injury. He also finished second all-time with 3,764 rushing yards, 45 rushing touchdowns and 46 overall touchdowns.
Wilmer completed just 12 of 26 passes for 170 yards and was intercepted two times. Rasheed Bailey had five catches for 62 yards. Wynne led the defensive effort with 11 tackles.
In addition to Schneider and Strumolo's heroics, Jordan Zackery caught 11 passes for 57 yards while Muller finished with six grabs for 56 yards and one score. The F&M defense was led by Ryan Young as he had five tackles, two sacks and an interception. Brendan Wengerter added seven tackles and one sack.


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Let's face it: Nobody believes in satire and/or parodies anymore, and apparently class-action lawsuits over idiotic things, especially video games, are just too frequent these days...
Welcome to the third and not the final edition of the GTA V Controversy series. Please, crack open an ice cold Pisswasser (Uh, oh, Bud Light pun! Might get sued for this!!!) and enjoy reading these wonderful controversies ranging from October 2013, to the day this blog post was created.
Ah, Lindsay Lohan. I remember your glory days as an actor. Now you are just a drugged-up mess that can't even think straight. She tweeted back in December 2013 that she was going to sue GTA V because the artwork of the hot bikini babe was used on the cover of the game and on the d…
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My fellow Wikians/Wikiers on GTA Wiki. So, as you know Rockstar announced a while back about possible Story Mode updates for 2014. The question I want to ask you guys: what do you want included in the Story Mode updates? Me, personally, I wouldn't mind a couple more heists, missions spanning to North Yankton, more missions involving the backstory of M, F, and T-revor, and alot more stuff implemented (ADD RESTAURANTS!!!). So, restating thesis question: what do you want added in GTA V's Story mode update?Read more >
After many long delays, the GTA Wikia Crew will finally have its launch on Saturday, Nov. 9th. The PSN division will start at 12:00 P.M. PST and the XBL Division will start at 4:00 P.M. PST
You must have a social club account to join
- GTA Wikia Crew
- There shall be no bullying, slandering, harrasment, or foul language when playing with your allies or against the other crews
- If you have been given more than three blocks, you will not be able to join the crew. If you have been given three or more blocks during your membership in the crew, you will be removed from the crew. No exceptions, non-negotiable.
- We all play fair, with and against each other. Defy this rule and you are removed from the crew.
To join, you must have acquired these criteria:
- Have co…
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It's not really shocking that when every GTA title is released, there is little or a LOT of controversy.
Welcome to the second edition of the GTA V Controversy series. Please enjoy the list of controversies.
That one mission where you have to rescue that FIB fugitive, right? Then the next mission after that, huh, where you torture the shit out of him out of your own will? Well, my GTA fans, there was an considerable amount of controversy gained because of that mission giving you an opprotunity to be a torture giver. The devices used for the torture ranged from ripping out his teeth to injecting him with adrenaline if he dies. Many examiners claimed that Rockstar Games had "crossed the line, letting people take the role of the torturer and perfo…
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We all knew that GTA V will be the next big game, but who knew it would cost so much?
According to the Scottish media outlet, The Scotsmen, some of the creative heads of GTA V stated that Rockstar had spent roughly 170 million pounds ($265 million USD) to develop, produce and market Grand Theft Auto V with a staff of over 300 designers, artists, programmers, mappers and modelers. "That's about equivalent to a moderately budgeted Hollywood blockbuster", claims Gaming Blend author, William Usher.
Despite having the most bloated budget in video game history, Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar Games are confident that it will sell like crazy. GTA V has been poised by analysts that it will surpass sales of Call of Duty: Ghosts, and according to the …Read more >


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South Hampton is a town in Rockingham county, New Hampshire. It was formed in 1742 and has gone by the following other name/s: Amesbury and Salisbury, Massachusetts. For more information, contact the county at 3 Hilldale Ave., S. Hampton 03827. On the attached map, South Hampton is shown as 22 in Rockingham.
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Darby's Bible Synopsis
Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
The relative position therefore of the Jew (even though he were godly) before the coming of Christ, and of the believing Jew or Gentile when Christ had been revealed, is clearly set forth; and in the commencement of Chapter 4 the apostle sums up that which he had said. He compares the believer before the coming of Christ to a child under age, who has no direct relation with his father as to his thoughts, but who receives his father's orders, without his accounting for them to him, as a servant would receive them. He is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Thus the Jews, although they were heirs of the promises, were not in connection with the Father and His counsels in Jesus, but were in tutelage to principles that appertained to the system of the present world, which is but a corrupt and fallen creation. Their walk was ordained of God in this system, but did not go beyond it. We speak of the system by which they were guided, whatever divine light they might receive from time to time to reveal heaven to them, to encourage them in hope, while making the system under the rule of which they were placed yet darker. Under the law then, heirs as they were, they were still in bondage. But when the time was fulfilled and ripe for it, God sent forth His Son an act flowing from His sovereign goodness for the accomplishment of His eternal counsels, and for the manifestation of all His character. It was God who did it. It was He who acted. The law required man to act, and it manifested man to be just the contrary of that which he ought to have been according to the law. But the Son of God comes from God. He requires nothing. He is manifested in the world in relation with men under the double aspect of a man born of woman, and a man under law.
If sin and death came in by the woman, Christ came into this world by the woman also. If through law man is under condemnation, Christ puts Himself under law also. Under this double aspect He takes the place in which man was found; He takes it in grace without sin, but with the responsibility that belonged to it a responsibility which He alone has met. But still the object of His mission went much farther than the manifestation in His Person of man without sin, in the midst of evil, and having the knowledge of good and evil. He came to redeem those that were under the law, in order that believers (be they who they may) should receive the adoption. Now that the Gentile believers had been admitted to share the adoption was proved by the sending of the Spirit who made them cry, "Abba, Father." For it is because they are sons, that God sent the Spirit of His Son into their heart, as well as into that of the Jews without distinction. The Gentile, a stranger to the house, and the Jew, who under age differed in nothing from a servant, had each taken the position of a son in direct relation with the Father a relation of which the Holy Ghost was the power and the witness in consequence of the redemption wrought in their behalf by the Son; the Jew under the law needing it as much as the Gentile in his sins. But its efficacy was such that the believer was not a bondman but a son, and if a son, an heir also of God by Christ. Previously the Gentiles had been in bondage, not indeed to the law, but to that which, in its nature, was not God. They knew not God, and were the slaves of everything that boasted of the name of God, in order to blind the heart of man alienated from Him who is the true God and from His knowledge.
But what were these Gentiles, become Christians, now doing? They desired to be again in bondage to these wretched elements, worldly and carnal, to which they had formerly been in subjection; these things of which the carnal man could form his religion, without one moral or spiritual thought, and which placed the glory due to God, in outward observances which an unbeliever and a heathen ignorant of God could call his religion and glory in it.
As figures, which God used to bear testimony beforehand to the realities that are in Christ, they had their true value. God knew how to reconcile the employment of these figures, which are profitable to faith, with a religious system that tested man in the flesh, and that served to answer the question, whether, with every kind of help, man was able to stand before God and to serve Him. But to go back to these ordinances made for man in the flesh, now that God hadshewn man's incapability of becoming righteous before Him now that the substance of these shadows was come, was to go back to the position of men in the flesh, and to take that standing without any command of God that sanctioned it. It was to go back to the ground of idolatry, that is to say, to a carnal religion, arranged by man without any authority from God, and which in no way brought man into connection with Him. For things done in the flesh had certainly not that effect. "Ye observe days and months and seasons and years." This the heathen did in their human religion. Judaism was a human religion ordained of God, but, by going back to it when the ordinance of God was no longer in force, they did but go back to the paganism out of which they had been called to have part with Christ in heavenly things.
Nothing can be more striking than this statement of what ritualism is after the cross. It is simply heathenism, going back to man's religion, when God is fully revealed: "I fear concerning you," said the apostle, "that I have laboured in vain." But they reproached the apostle with not being a faithful Jew according to the law, with freeing himself from its authority. "Be ye then," says he, "as I am; for I am as ye are" (namely, free from the law). Ye have done me no wrong in saying so. Would to God ye were as much so! He then reminds them of his thorn in the flesh. It was some circumstance adapted to make him contemptible in his ministry. Nevertheless they had received him as an angel of God, as Jesus Christ. What was become of that blessedness? Had he become their enemy because he had told them the truth? Zeal was good; but if it had a right thing for its object, they should have persevered in their zeal, and not merely have maintained it while he was with them. These new teachers were very zealous to have the Galatians for their partisans, and to exclude them from the apostle, that they might be attached to themselves. He laboured again, as though travailing in birth, in order that Christ should be formed as if anew in their hearts a touching testimony of the strength of his christian love. This love was divine in its character; it was not weakened by the disappointment of ingratitude, because its source was outside the attraction of its objects. Moses said, "Have I conceived all this people, that I should carry them in my bosom?" Paul is ready to travail in birth with them a second time.
He does not know what to say. He would like to be present with them, that he might, on seeing them adapt his words to their condition, for they had really forsaken christian ground. Would they then, since they desired to be under the law, hear the law? In it they might see the two systems, in the type of Hagar and Sarah: that of law, gendering to bondage; and that of grace, to liberty; not that only, but the positive exclusion of the child of bondage from the inheritance. The two could not be united; the one shut out the other. The bond-child was born according to the flesh, the free-child according to promise. For the law and the covenant of Sinai were in connection with man in the flesh. The principle of man's relationship with God, according to the law (if such relations had been possible), was that of a relationship formed between man in the flesh and the righteous God. As to man, the law and the ordinances were only bondage. They aimed at bridling the will without its being changed. It is all-important to understand, that man under the law is man in the flesh. When born again, dead and risen again, he is no longer under law, which has only dominion over man in that he is alive here below. Read "Jerusalem which is above is our mother" not "the mother of us all." It is in contrast with Jerusalem on earth, which in its principle answered to Sinai. And observe that the apostle is not here speaking of the violation of the law, but of its principle. The law itself puts man in a state of bondage. It is imposed on man in the flesh, who is opposed to it. By the very fact that he has self-will, the law and that will are in conflict. Self-will is not obedience.
Verse 27 (Galatians 4:27) presents some difficulty to many minds, because it is generally confounded with Hagar and Sarah. But it is a separate consideration, suggested by the idea of Jerusalem above. The Verse is a quotation from Isaiah 54, which celebrates the joy and glory of the earthly Jerusalem at the beginning of the millennium. The apostle quotes it to shew that Jerusalem had more children during the time of her desolation than when she had a husband. In the millennium Jehovah, the Lord, will be her husband. He had been so before. At present she is desolate, she bears not. Nevertheless there are more children than previously when she was married. Such were the marvellous ways of God. All Christians are reckoned, when earth takes its course again, as the children of Jerusalem, but of Jerusalem with no husband and desolate, so that the Galatians were not to own it as if God did still. Sarah was not without a husband. Here is a different order of thought. Without a husband and desolate (so that, properly speaking, she has none) Jerusalem has more children now than in the best days of her career, when Jehovah was a husband to her. For, as regards the promise, the gospel came forth from her. The assembly is not of promise. It was a counsel hid in God, of which the promises had never spoken. Its position is a yet higher one; but in this place the apostle's instruction does not rise to that height. But we are also the children of promise, and not of the flesh. Israel after the flesh had no other pretension than to be the children of Abraham after the flesh; we are so only by promise. Now the word of God cast out the child of the bondwoman, born after the flesh, that he might not be heir with the child of promise. As to us, we are the children of promise.
But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.
Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.
And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
Synopsis of the Books of the Bible, by John Nelson Darby [1857-62].
Text Courtesy of Internet Sacred Texts Archive.
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